Food Flashes: April 3-9

Published 1:00 am, Sunday, April 3, 2011

Now open

Babe's Old Fashioned Food, 4535 Fredericksburg Road and 12415 Bandera Road in Helotes, has opened its third location at 9207 Huebner Road. Babe's is family owned and operated and is known for its made-from-scratch hamburgers, chicken tenders, onion rings, wings, pizza and salads.

Gwendolyn, 152 E. Pecan St., is open in the former Le Rêve space. It features fresh, locally grown ingredients and is owned and operated by chef Michael Sohocki. Currently, Gwendolyn is open for lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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On the menu

La Madeleine Country French Cafés, 11745 W. I-10, 18030 U.S. 281 N., 722 NW Loop 410 and 4820 Broadway, is offering some new French-Mediterranean cuisine such as Mediterranean mini-trio sandwiches including balsamic chicken, country ham and smoked turkey. They are $7.99 each with choice of side. It also is offering Mediterranean pasta or Mediterranean salad with chicken, $8.99 each.

The Quarry Golf Club, 444 E. Basse Road, is now serving chicken-fried beef fajitas (marinated beef fajita strips, hand battered and deep fried) served with chunky guacamole, homemade pico de gallo and cream gravy. It is also featuring a new, 2,500-square foot outdoor patio with a fire pit that overlooks the golf course. For more information, go to

quarrygolf.com and visit The Restaurant section.

Max's Wine Dive San Antonio, 340 E. Basse Road, Suite 101, is offering Amazon River Fish 'n Chips, $15, on the dinner menu, to celebrate the Amazon exhibit at the Witte Museum. It is served with malt vinegar tartar sauce and Max's famous fries. In addition, Max's will donate $1 from the sale of every dish to its community partner, the Witte Museum, to help support the Amazon exhibit and the museum's other programs. For more information, call 210-444-9547 or go to maxswine

dive.com.

The Hotel Contessa's Las Ramblas, 306 W. Market St., is featuring a new comfort foods section on its in-room dining menu. Guests can now order favorites such as grown-up grilled cheese, smoked cheddar macaroni and cheese and chicken-fried rib-eye with redeye gravy. For reservations, call 866-435-0900 or visit

thehotelcontessa.com.

Francesca's at Sunset for brunch

Francesca's at Sunset at Westin La Cantera Resort, 16641 La Cantera Parkway, is now offering a classic Sunday brunch, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. It features an a la carte menu of appetizers, $6-$12, and entrées, $12-$22, that includes berries sabayon, lobster salad, chocolate almond French toast and customized eggs Benedict. In addition, it offers a variety of beverages such as juices and award-winning gourmet coffees as well as a selection of cocktails such as freshly squeezed mimosas or Bloody Mary's. Seating is limited and reservations can be made by visiting westinlacantera.com/

dining.html or OpenTable

.com.

New hours

Helotes Creek Winery, 14237 Old Bandera Road, in Helotes, is now open 4-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and 4-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Mother's Day menus accepted

If your restaurant is offering a special menu or items for Mother's Day, please email them to thebizwriter

@gmail.com or fax them to 210-250-3405, attention Karen Haram. We must have Mother's Day dining specials by noon April 14.